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I’m much too biased against Brett Favre to really delve into this question, but his tiff with Vikings coach Brad Childress about whether he can call plays/ change plays at the line on a regular basis does bring up questions about how the modern NFL game is played. In the past – as in the 1960s – QBs were expected to make calls on the field, which makes sense. With some coach guidance, most of the major team sports require the on-field talent to do some, if not all, of the decision-making when one player has the ball in their hand.

Baseball, of course, has its micro-managers, but the veteran pitchers are expected to have a sense of what to call or what they can throw when pitching. In soccer and basketball, there is less of a single decision-maker, though point guards often are entrusted to see that the team gets into their sets and can call a different play, especially on the professional level.

An NFL QB’s job, though, involves them on the field with a different and limited vantage point. Should that change the level of coach’s control? Should the ability of a 40-year old Hall of Fame QB – who has, by the way, had some egregiously bad passing games in his career – come into question?

Again, I am too biased to talk about Brett Favre’s beef, but it does bring up the question of how the game is played.